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	<title>The Online Citizen &#187; Benjamin Cheah</title>
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		<title>2008: The year of the blogger-activist</title>
		<link>http://theonlinecitizen.com/2008/12/2008-the-year-of-the-blogger-activist/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2008 03:07:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[For 2009, it is up to the blogger-activist to effect the change he wants to see. <b>Benjamin Cheah</b> rounds up 2008.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>151</slash:comments>
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		<title>Residents query but PAP town councils keep mum</title>
		<link>http://theonlinecitizen.com/2008/12/residents-query-but-pap-town-councils-keep-mum/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Dec 2008 15:46:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[22 emails sent, 3 replies but residents still in the dark about town councils' investments. ]]></description>
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		<title>To walk the fire</title>
		<link>http://theonlinecitizen.com/2008/08/to-walk-the-fire/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Aug 2008 13:03:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The State has a moral duty to level the field for servicemen, says <b>Benjamin Cheah</b>.]]></description>
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		<title>A matter of interpretation</title>
		<link>http://theonlinecitizen.com/2008/07/a-matter-of-interpretation/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jul 2008 01:39:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Law Society should use its skills for the public good. By <b>Benjamin Cheah</b>.]]></description>
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		<title>Reviewing Mas Selamat’s escape</title>
		<link>http://theonlinecitizen.com/2008/03/reviewing-mas-selamat%e2%80%99s-escape/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Mar 2008 02:23:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Benjamin Cheah Mas Selamat has been on the run for twelve days and counting, as of the time of writing. The initial outrage that greeted his escape has simmered, cooling into opinions cast in concrete. The media has moved on, covering other events. But, if we as a nation are to move on, we [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>31</slash:comments>
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		<title>A government-controlled media is superior to a free media?</title>
		<link>http://theonlinecitizen.com/2007/12/a-government-controlled-media-is-superior-to-a-free-media/</link>
		<comments>http://theonlinecitizen.com/2007/12/a-government-controlled-media-is-superior-to-a-free-media/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Dec 2007 11:27:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>theonlinecitizen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Benjamin Cheah On the 11th of December, the TODAY newspaper published an article titled “Social stability is key: Poll”. On first glance, it seems to support the view that a government-controlled media is superior to a free media. Indeed, its main message seems to be that public media organisations are more accurate than private [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Deconstructing the Majority</title>
		<link>http://theonlinecitizen.com/2007/10/deconstructing-the-majority/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Oct 2007 03:52:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Benjamin Cheah The ‘silent majority’ has finally spoken. Its representative is ‘The Majority’, a group that intends to prevent the repeal of Section 377A. The Majority argues that the retention of Section 377A is necessary, to preserve moral values. It is a reaction to the ongoing efforts to abolish Section 377A; therefore, the burden [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Something is Rotten in the State of Singapore</title>
		<link>http://theonlinecitizen.com/2007/10/something-is-rotten-in-the-state-of-singapore/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Oct 2007 10:38:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Breaking News: Myanmar dissident dies under questioning By Benjamin Cheah On the 8th of October, five members of the Singapore Democratic Party, Mr. Gandhi Ambalan, Dr. Chee Soon Juan, Ms. Chee Siok Chin, Mr. Jeffrey George, and Mr. John Tan were arrested outside the Istana. Four of the five SDP members were carrying placards reading [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Debt of Honour: Singapore’s Ties to Burma’s Junta</title>
		<link>http://theonlinecitizen.com/2007/09/singapores-debt-of-honour/</link>
		<comments>http://theonlinecitizen.com/2007/09/singapores-debt-of-honour/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Sep 2007 03:42:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is an updated article of the one published on TOC earlier, titled &#8220;Singapore&#8217;s debt of honour&#8221;. By Benjamin Cheah The crisis in Burma is escalating. For the first time in two decades, the people are taking to the streets. It started with protests against the doubling of fuel prices, and the sharp increase in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A City Of Lions</title>
		<link>http://theonlinecitizen.com/2007/08/a-city-of-lions/</link>
		<comments>http://theonlinecitizen.com/2007/08/a-city-of-lions/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Aug 2007 00:59:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>theonlinecitizen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the lead-up to National Day, TOC&#8217;s writers share their personal views on what it means to be a Singaporean and what Singapore means to them. We begin with Benjamin&#8217;s piece. By Benjamin Cheah I readily adopt the mantle of the quiet patriot. However, I find no reason, at first, to reinforce my convictions. A [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The next step &#8211; &#8220;proactive blogging&#8221;?</title>
		<link>http://theonlinecitizen.com/2007/05/the-next-step-proactive-blogging/</link>
		<comments>http://theonlinecitizen.com/2007/05/the-next-step-proactive-blogging/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2007 02:48:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>theonlinecitizen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Benjamin Blogging is a medium of communication. Web logs were once little more than online diaries, for people to write about their daily lives. Now, even these personal blogs can gain international attention and recognition. Xiaxue is one. Other, more prolific, Internet readers and bloggers would be able to name more. Ultimately, a blog [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Entrepreneurship And the Future State of Affairs &#8211; Part 3</title>
		<link>http://theonlinecitizen.com/2007/02/entrepreneurship-and-the-future-state-of-affairs-part-3/</link>
		<comments>http://theonlinecitizen.com/2007/02/entrepreneurship-and-the-future-state-of-affairs-part-3/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Feb 2007 02:27:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>theonlinecitizen</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://theonlinecitizen.com/2007/02/13/entrepreneurship-and-the-future-state-of-affairs-part-3/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By leounheort People find thinking and examining things critically inordinately difficult, and yet it is these things that give rise to the ideas that drive culture. History has shown that the culture of a nation reflects the current philosophies of the times: Beethoven lived in the Romantic era, where emotions, feeling and senses took centre [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Entrepreneurship And the Future State of Affairs &#8211; Part 2</title>
		<link>http://theonlinecitizen.com/2007/01/entrepreneurship-and-the-future-state-of-affairs-part-2/</link>
		<comments>http://theonlinecitizen.com/2007/01/entrepreneurship-and-the-future-state-of-affairs-part-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jan 2007 07:03:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>theonlinecitizen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is part 2 of the article on entrepreneurship by Leounheort. Part 1 can be accessed here. In a conservative society, anything new is automatically treated with fear and suspicion if it contradicts current social norms. Homosexuality, for example, is still an issue the State beats about, even until today. It is still socially unacceptable [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Entrepreneurship And the Future State of Affairs</title>
		<link>http://theonlinecitizen.com/2007/01/entrepreneurship-and-the-future-state-of-affairs/</link>
		<comments>http://theonlinecitizen.com/2007/01/entrepreneurship-and-the-future-state-of-affairs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Jan 2007 16:46:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>theonlinecitizen</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://theonlinecitizen.com/2007/01/15/entrepreneurship-and-the-future-state-of-affairs/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This is part one of a 3-part essay on entrepreneurship by leounheort. Singapore needs creativity. That much is clear: we as a nation must ride along the wave of globalisation out of necessity, for we are too small, geographically and demographically, to ever specialise in a particular good or labour-intensive skill. In this globalised world, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Rise Of The Political Internet</title>
		<link>http://theonlinecitizen.com/2006/12/the-rise-of-the-political-internet/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Dec 2006 08:08:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By leounheort &#160; Friday, 24 November, 2006The internet is one of the last bastions of true freedom: despite any country&#8217;s best efforts to censor or &#8220;regulate&#8221; it, no one governmentindeed, a multitude of governments with corporate supportcan attempt to bend the internet to its will. All it can hope for is subversion of local service [...]]]></description>
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